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>3.5. Components</A
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>Components are subsections of a Product. E.g. the computer game 
    you are designing may have a "UI"
    component, an "API" component, a "Sound System" component, and a
    "Plugins" component, each overseen by a different programmer. It
    often makes sense to divide Components in Bugzilla according to the
    natural divisions of responsibility within your Product or
    company.</P
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>&#13;    Each component has a default assignee and (if you turned it on in the parameters),
    a QA Contact. The default assignee should be the primary person who fixes bugs in
    that component. The QA Contact should be the person who will ensure
    these bugs are completely fixed. The Assignee, QA Contact, and Reporter
    will get email when new bugs are created in this Component and when
    these bugs change. Default Assignee and Default QA Contact fields only
    dictate the 
    <EM
>default assignments</EM
>; 
    these can be changed on bug submission, or at any later point in
    a bug's life.</P
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>To create a new Component:</P
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>Select the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Edit components"</SPAN
> link 
        from the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Edit product"</SPAN
> page</P
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>Select the <SPAN
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>"Add"</SPAN
> link in the bottom right.</P
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>Fill out the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Component"</SPAN
> field, a 
        short <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Description"</SPAN
>, the 
        <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Default Assignee"</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Default CC List"</SPAN
> 
        and <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Default QA Contact"</SPAN
> (if enabled). 
        The <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Component Description"</SPAN
> field may contain a 
        limited subset of HTML tags. The <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Default Assignee"</SPAN
> 
        field must be a login name already existing in the Bugzilla database. 
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